Biometric data detection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10007774-B2
Application number	US-201514685961-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2015
Priority date	May 13, 2014
Publication date	Jun 26, 2018
Grant date	Jun 26, 2018

Abstract

A biometric data detection device includes a biometric authentication sensor electrically connected to a data processing terminal through a connecting member, a housing that houses the biometric authentication sensor, a window portion that acquires biometric data to be authenticated by the biometric authentication sensor and that is formed in the housing, and an attachment member that is rotatably provided at the housing and that renders the housing rotatable in a state in which the housing is attached to the data processing terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A biometric data detection device comprising:
a data processing terminal including a display portion;
a biometric authentication sensor electrically connected to the data processing terminal through an attachment member;
a housing that houses the biometric authentication sensor;
a window portion that acquires biometric data to be authenticated by the biometric authentication sensor, and that is formed in the housing, the window portion is disposed so as to be parallel to the display portion of the data processing terminal in a state in which the housing is attached to the data processing terminal;
a rotation shaft that retains the attachment member so as to be rotatable with respect to the housing, and that has an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder; and
the attachment member that is rotatably provided at the housing, a transverse direction of the attachment member, as seen from an inserting direction of the attachment member into the data processing terminal, is perpendicular to a windowed face of the housing on which the window portion is formed, and that renders the housing rotatable in the state in which the housing is attached to the data processing terminal, wherein
a connection cable connecting the attachment member and the biometric authentication sensor together passes through an interior of the rotation shaft via a gap between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder.

2. The biometric data detection device of claim 1 , wherein
the attachment member rotates along a plane parallel to the windowed face.

3. The biometric data detection device of claim 2 , wherein the attachment member rotates with respect to the housing within a range of a housing thickness that runs along a direction normal to the windowed face.

4. The biometric data detection device of claim 1 , wherein the housing supports the rotation shaft at one axial direction side.

5. The biometric data detection device of claim 1 , wherein the housing supports the rotation shaft at both axial direction sides.

6. The biometric data detection device of claim 1 , wherein, by rotation, the entire attachment member adopts a stowed position in which the attachment member is positioned inside the housing, as viewed along a direction normal to a windowed face on which the window portion is formed.

7. The biometric data detection device of claim 6 , wherein the attachment member arrives at an attachment position protruding from the housing, as viewed along the normal direction, by rotation of the attachment member from the stowed position.

8. The biometric data detection device of claim 1 , wherein
a center of rotation of the attachment member with respect to the housing is offset toward one long edge side of the housing, as viewed along a direction normal to a windowed face on which the window portion is formed.

9. The biometric data detection device of claim 1 , wherein, the housing is formed with a non-contact portion that permits rotation of the housing with respect to the data processing terminal, without contacting the data processing terminal, in the state in which the housing is attached to the data processing terminal.

10. A biometric data detection device comprising:
a data processing terminal including a display portion;
an attachment member that electrically connects to the data processing terminal when inserted into an insertion port of the data processing terminal; and
a biometric authentication unit that is connected to the attachment member so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis perpendicular to a specific face of the attachment member, and that has a windowed face, on which a window portion that acquires biometric data is formed, positioned parallel to the specific face, the window portion is disposed so as to be parallel to the display portion of the data processing terminal in a state in which the biometric authentication unit is attached to the data processing terminal, and a transverse direction of the attachment member, as seen from an inserting direction of the attachment member into the data processing terminal, is perpendicular to the windowed face on which the window portion is formed, wherein
the rotation axis has an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder, and
a connection cable connecting the attachment member and the biometric authentication unit together passes through an interior of the rotation axis via a gap between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder.

11. The biometric data detection device of claim 10 , wherein, by the rotation, a side of the window portion facing the data processing terminal is positioned at a side of the biometric authentication unit that acquires biometric data at a distal end side of a biological body.

12. The biometric data detection device of claim 10 , wherein, in a state of being connected to the data processing terminal, the direction of the rotation is set such that a side of the window portion facing toward the side of the data processing terminal is not positioned at a side of the biometric authentication unit for acquiring biometric data from a non-distal end side of a biological body.

13. The biometric data detection device of claim 10 , wherein:
the data processing terminal is a tablet-type data processing terminal a display direction for displaying on the display portion is switchable between a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and
by rotating the biometric data authentication unit, a direction from a distal end side of a site of a biological body to be scanned at the window portion toward a non-distal end side of the biological body, is variable to either the first direction or the second direction.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Hama Soichi
• Morihara Takashi
• Abiko Yukihiro

Classifications

• G06F21/32 Primary

  using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints · CPC title

• G06K19/07354

  by biometrically sensitive means, e.g. fingerprint sensitive (fingerprint sensors in general G06V40/12; biometrically activated access control G07C9/25) · CPC title

• G06F21/34 Primary

  involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards · CPC title

• G06K9/00013

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K19/07732

  the record carrier having a housing or construction similar to well-known portable memory devices, such as SD cards, USB or memory sticks (housings for electrical equipment in general, see H05K5/02) · CPC title